Angle bar for railroad rails



Fe'b. 9 1926.

, T. sElTz ANGLE BAR FORRAILROAD RAILS Filed Sept. 29, 1924 fave/afnArrow@ Patented Feb. 9, 1926.

UNITED STATES THOMAS SEITZ, OF MORGANVILLE, KANSAS.

ANGLE BAR FOR RAILROAD RAILS.

Application led September 29, 1924. Serial No. 740,653.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, THoMAs Snrrz, a citizen of the United States,residing at Morganville, in the county of Clay and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Angle Bars for RailroadRails, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to angle bars for supporting rails andaims to provide a structure which will compensate for the expansion andcontraction of the rails.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a top plan View of one of the improved anglebars structures on one side of the rail, said rail being-shown insection.

Figure 2 is an elevation of one section thereof.

Figure 3 is an elevation of another section thereof.

Figure 4 is a plan view of a plate forming a part of the angle bar.

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional view through the angle bars showingthe saine associated with a rail structure.

Referring to the drawing in detail it will be seen that 5 designates thetwo sections of the angle bar which are provided with adjacent flanges 6through which extends a bolt 7 with a nut 8 on one end thereof.

`A spring 9 is disposed about the bolt between one of the flanges 6 andlthe nut S, and tends to hold the angle bars together. The bases of thesections 5 are provided with notches as at'10 in order that spikes maybe engaged therewith. The numerals 11 represent rail sections ofsuitable construction having their ends in abutting relation as at 12,it being noted that the point 12 is disposed to one side of the jointbetween the angle bar sections 5. The rails 11 are attached to thesections 5 by bolts 13. Recesses 1a are provided in the adjacentportions of the sections 5 for receiving the plate 15, which has itsends notched as at 16 for re- 45 ceiving the bolts 13 adjacent the joint12. It will thus be seen that the sections 5 will compensate for thecontraction and eXpansion of the rails.

It is thought that the construction and operation of the invention willnow be clearly understood by those skilled in this art, Jithout a moredetailed description thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is r- An anglebar structure comprising a pair of sections abutting in end to endrelation so as to be disposed in alinement with each other and providedwith flanges at the abutting ends, a bolt extending through said 60flanges, a spring on the bolt tending to urge said flanges toward eachother so as to be normally disposed in abutting relation with eachother, said sections being recessed adjacent their abutting ends, aplate seated in 5 said recesses adapted to be disposed alongside the webof a rail, the ends of said plate being notched for receiving boltsconnecting the sect-ions to the web of the rail.

THOMAS SEITZ.

